Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES)

21 Oct

NSA concludes NHIES survey data collection

ObserverNational NewsNamibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES)

Stefanus Nashama The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) has announced that field staff will no longer visit households to collect data for the Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES). The statistician general of the NSA, Alex Shimuafeni, announced this Monday. “The NSA hereby informs the nation that until the main NHIES survey commences in March 2025, there will no longer be field staff visiting households for NHIES data collection,” he said. The pilot NHIES survey was launched to test readiness for the upcoming main survey, which is scheduled to start in March 2025. It started on September 30 and ended…

30 Sep

NSA pilot survey to shed light on financial dynamics of Namibians

ObserverNational NewsAlex Shimuafeni, Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES)

Niël Terblanché The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) launched the pilot phase of the Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) last week. The NSA’s Statistician-General, Alex Shimuafeni in a statement said the survey is the beginning of an extensive data-gathering exercise that aims to shed light on the financial dynamics of Namibian households. Shimuafeni indicated that the pilot survey, which will run until 20 October, will be conducted in the Erongo, Hardap, Kavango West, Khomas, Kunene, Omaheke, Omusati, and Zambezi regions. “The primary goal of this phase is to test the NSA's readiness for the full survey, scheduled to begin…